Female A&P

Question 1

Mesonephric (Wolffian) duct:

Answer 1

Female-this degenerates due to lack of Y-chromosome or testosterone production

Question 2

Paramesonephric (Mullerian) duct: (Muller is a woman)

Answer 2

Female-becomes the fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix and upper 2/3rds of the vagina

Question 3

G(go before)

Answer 3

Number of Previous pregnancies

Question 4

P (pee before delivery)

Answer 4

= Number of deliveries

Question 5

S - (spontaneously abort)

Answer 5

= Spontaneous abortions

Question 6

T (therapy aborts)

Answer 6

= Therapeutic abortions

Question 7

E - (eek)

Answer 7

= Ectopic pregnancies

Question 8

Lv (love living)

Answer 8

= Living children

Question 9

pre-term

Answer 9

Number of preterm pregnancies

Question 10

full term

Answer 10

=Number of full term pregnancies

Question 11

gravity (gravity pulls the pregnancy)

Answer 11

defined as the number of times that a woman has been pregnant

Question 12

parity (pair the birth)

Answer 12

defined as the number of times that she has given birth regardless of whether the child was born alive or was stillborn.

Question 13

female and male gonads

Answer 13

develop in the same ducts

Question 14

woffian ducts in women

Answer 14

will degenerate

Question 15

muscle in uterus that grows for fetus (my muscles)

Answer 15

myometrium

Question 16

where does fertillization take place?

Answer 16

fallopian tube

Question 17

mullerian anomolies

Answer 17

genetic abnormalities

Question 18

unicorn uterus

Answer 18

smaller cavity

Question 19

uterine position

Answer 19

doesn’t really matter

Question 20

Anteverted (ante - before)

Answer 20

Anteverted: (most common) rotates forward

Question 21

Anteflexed (flex at the cervix)

Answer 21

Anteflexed: (most common) Bent forward at cervix

Question 22

Retroverted

Answer 22

Retroverted: Tilted back

Question 23

Retroflexed

Answer 23

Retroflexed: Tipped back at the cervix

Question 24

1st half of cycle

Answer 24

follicular/proliferative

Question 25

2nd half of cycle

Answer 25

luteal phase/secretory

Question 26

when does follicular transition to luteal?

Answer 26

ovulation

Question 27

1st phase of menstrual cycle

Answer 27

bleeding (menses)

Question 28

2nd phase of mens ecycle

Answer 28

follicular

Question 29

3rd phase of mens cycle

Answer 29

ovulation

Question 30

4th phase of menses cycled

Answer 30

luteal

Question 31

FSH does what?

Answer 31

drives egg development

Question 32

once egg begins to grow, hormones come from...and what hormone is it?

Answer 32

the ovaries - during follicular phase it's estrogen - estradiol rises

Question 33

what hormone supresses FSH?

Answer 33

estrogen

Question 34

once estrogen gets high enough (egg is mature) - what hormone is released?

Answer 34

drives LH surge

Question 35

LH surge - what happens to estrogen?

Answer 35

estradiol drops

Question 36

once ovulation occurs, follicle (holding the egg) turns into what?

Answer 36

it is a struture in the follicle called corpus luteum

Question 37

the coprus luteum secretes

Answer 37

estrogren and progesterone - progesterone will prepare lining of uterus for pregnancy

Question 38

HGc feeds

Answer 38

corpus luteum if there is a pregnancy and keeps hormone levels elevated - if not the corpus dies

Question 39

if cycle is irregular, what phase is it?

Answer 39

it's the follicular phase

Question 40

uterus should be what size? (around ovulation)

Answer 40

3 layers and 7 mm thick

Question 41

how does lining develop?

Answer 41

receptors in lining respond to estrogen

Question 42

proliferative phase - what happens to the uterus? (proliferate the lining)

Answer 42

when uterine lining is being laid down

Question 43

secretory phase

Answer 43

luteal phase when glands are developing

Question 44

HPO axis

Answer 44

hypothalyamic pituitary ovarian axis - communicaton between these

Question 45

HPO access

Answer 45

GnRH (hypo) - tells anterior pituitary to secrete FSH - makes follicles grow - estrogen then rises - when it's high enough it becomes negative feedback - suppresses FSH

Question 46

hypothalamus releases what hormones

Answer 46

GRH

Question 47

anterior pituitary - what hormones

Answer 47

FSH/LH

Question 48

follicles in ovaries - what hormone

Answer 48

estrogen

Question 49

corpus luteum - what hormones

Answer 49

progesterone and estrogen

Question 50

when egg is fertilized and moves through fallopian tube - timeline

Answer 50

takes one week

Question 51

blastocyst stage

Answer 51

when egg gets to end of fallopian tube and ready to implant

Question 52

follicular phase other name

Answer 52

proliferative

Question 53

luteal phase - other name

Answer 53

secretory

Question 54

when is estradiol highest?

Answer 54

late follicular

Question 55

which hormone produced by corpus luteum prepares endomentrium for implantation and maintains fetal unit during 1st trimester?

Answer 55

progesterone

Question 56

memorize hormone

Answer 56

graphs

Question 57

estrogen does what?

Answer 57

turns off FSH and LH and makes endometrium thicker

Question 58

corpus luteum is

Answer 58

the shell that held the ovary before it was released. Once released, it secretes estrogen and progesterone to help thicken lining of uterusi

Question 59

if the egg is not fertilized and corpus luteum collapses, what happens to the hormones?

Answer 59

estrogen and progesterone decrease

Question 61

Hgc does what?

Answer 61

helps keep estrogen and progesterone levels high by keeping corpus luteum open in the ovaries